LOST 4G FROM HARDRIVE 1

[shaunk]

My nephew set up my hardrive to have a Linux partition , a C:/drive and a D:/drive. It is a 20G hardrive.
The plan was to utilise the dual boot option so I could play around with Linux. I never got around to it.
I have subsequently upgraded to Windows XP from Windows 2000 and seem to have lost the 4G of the Linux partition.
Under Windows 2000 I could at least see the 4G partition under Disk Defragmenter. Now , all I have is the C: and D: drive amounting to 16G.
I need the extra 4G added to my C: drive.
Can you please help.
By the way, after upgrading to XP I deleted the Windows NT directory to retrieve space for my C: drive. Is this a problem. The system still works fine.

 

[wolluf]

If you look in disk management (run dskmgmt.msc) in XP you should see the 4GB partition at end of drive. You should be able to format this as FAT32 or NTFS (so it will become a separate partition/drive available in windows - however if you wish to rearrange your partitions so you have only 2 including the 4GB you will need a tool like Partition Magic (unless you wish to reinstall everything from scratch).

Removing \winnt partition is fine if you've upgraded to XP (which uses \windows by default) - you can also remove entry in boot.ini which gives you choice to boot win2k if its still there.

 

[Sumflow]

Simular problem. Could not find dskmgmt.msc in XP. What do you advise

 

[smah]

For disk management: In the 'Run' box, type diskmgmt.msc. Or you could go to Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, under Storage is Disk Management.